St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-01
OHIO DAY AT GETTYSBURG.
Nineteen Monuments Dedicated on the
Great Battlefield.

Nineteen Monuments Dedicated on the
Great Battlefield.
The nineteen Ohio monuments at Gettys
burg, Pa, have been dedicated with exer
cises both impressive and appropriate. Al
ten o'clock in the morning the dedication
began at the rostrum in the National Gene
terry. The printed programme was strictly
followed, in substance as follows: Overture
by the Fourteenth Regiment band; prayer
by the Rev. William E. Moore, D. D., of Co
lumbus; song by Miss Anne Marie de Beck,
of Cincinnati; address, "Ohio Troops in the
Battle of Gettysburg" by General H. H. AK.
line, adjutant general of Ohio address, 1.-THE
Memorial Commission and Its Work" by
the Hon. Emil Kiesewetter, State auditor OF
Ohio address, 1.-THE Presentation of the
Ohio Memorials to the Governor of that
State" by General James E. Robinson, sec
retary of state of Ohio response, the pres
entation of the memorials to the Battlefield
Memorial Association by Governor Foraker
response on behalf of the association by
association; song, ''Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground" by Miss de Beck; memorial ad-
dress by General S. H. Hurst, of Chillicothe !;
song, "Star Spangled Banner" by Miss de
Beck; benediction by the Rev. William E.
Moore, ID. ID.
The addresses of Governors Foraker and
Beaver were received with great applause.
The Ohio monuments, which are with two
exceptions (the Fourth and Fifty-tifth) of
granite, are tasteful and appropriate. That
of the Fourth Infantry on East Cemetery Hill
is of white bronze, forty feet high ,surm
by the figure of soldier, and bears suitable
historic inscriptions; Company c and T, on
the Emmittsburg road, is also of white
bronze. The Fifth Infantry stands between
Baltimore pike and Culp's Hill, twelve feet
by six, with a United States flag crossing a
Springfield musket on the front of the die.
The Seventh is on Culp's Hill. 1t is eight
feet by twelve, bears in front a roster in
Eighth will be on the Emmittsburg road, but
is as yet not out of the quarry. The Twenty
fifth is on Barlow's Knoll, eight feet by five,
and bears the Eleventh Corps mark and full
inscriptions. The Twenty-ninth stands on
Culp's Hill, and on the face bears an open
wall tent. with stack of arms, canteens, &c.
The Fifty-ffth, at the junction of the Taney
town and Emmittsburg roads, is of silver
gray sandstone. with a figure of soldier
shooting over stone wall on the die. 1t is
thirteen feet by five. The Sixty-first, which
will be on the Eleventh Corps avenue, first
days fight, has not yet arrived.
The Sixty-sixth. at the summit of Culps
Hill, has not yet arrived. The Seventy-third,
outside of the National Cemetery, is ten feet
by six, with flag cut as if draping the top.
The Seventy-ffth, on East Cemetery Hill, has
not yet been erected. 1t is sixteen feet by
seven. The Eighty-second on the Eleventh
Corps, avenue, is also delayed. The One
Hundred and Seventh, near Barlow Knoll,
is appropriately inscribed, and bears a cres-
cent on the front: Battery II (Hunting-
ton's), is in the National Cemetery. The
front face contains crossed cannon on
shield, and is suitably inscribed. Battery I
Dilger'sl, on Eleventh Corps avenue is of
granite, fourteen feet high; on the front face
are the inscriptions, shield, and coat-of-
arms. Battery K (Hackman's), at the north
end Of town, is nine feet high; on each cor
ner of the die, which is appropriately in
scribed, are crossed cannon. Battery L
Gibbs, on Little Round Top, is nine feet
high, and has on the front crossed cannon.
The inscriptions are historical only. The
First Cavalry, at General Pleasonton's head
quarters, is fifteen feet high and bears on the
front face horses head with bride. The
Sixth Cavalry, also at General Pleasonton's
headquarters, is eight feet high and has on
the front in relief a mounted cavalryman at
full gallop, with his sabre drawn. The me-
morals are taken all in all, fully equal to
any heretofore erected by any State.